Candidaemia in patients of a tertiary health care hospital from north India

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 117, Issue MAR., 2003, Pages 122-128

  Verma, A K ^a   Prasad, K N ^a   Singh, Manisha ^a   Dixit, A K ^a   Ayyagari, A ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Candida; Colonisation; Genotyping; Nosocomial candidaemia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GARGLE; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; GENOTYPE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HETEROZYGOTE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUTROPENIA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; REHABILITATION CENTER; RISK FACTOR; THROAT; YEAST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84887078150     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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